"There are lots of ups and downs. The constant changes in leadership leave middle-management really responsible for outcomes. If you have a great manager, it can be a good experience. "

Overall Job Satisfaction:

3.0

Are women & men treated equally?

"No"

Does the CEO support gender diversity?

"Yes"

One thing Lockheed Martin Corporation can improve?

"Improve my compensation"

Recent Salary

$50k-$80k

Recent Bonus

$0

Level of Flexibility

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5

"They claim great flexibility policies, but in reality they want you to be there 8 - 5:30 regardless. Their "flex time" policies are more for show than anything. The 9/80 work schedule with off Fridays is great though! "

"I would tell her if she is ambitious it is not the place for her. A less competent, less educated male will always be promoted over her. There are exceptions. The current CEO is a woman, but she was the second choice. The fist choice was a male who was ousted because he was having a affair with someone reporting to him. He was the heir-apparent until that was discovered. "

Overall Job Satisfaction:

1.0

Are women & men treated equally?

"No"

Does the CEO support gender diversity?

"Not sure"

One thing Lockheed Martin Corporation can improve?

"Promote more women into leadership positions"

Position or Department

Program Manager, Engineering

Recent Salary

$100k-$150k

Recent Bonus

$0

Level of Flexibility

1

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"Flexibility is usually a function of your particular manager. For the most part they are inflexible but 2 of the 7 managers I had there were very good."

"This is a great company and provides many paths to advancement for those who are willing to work. It is easy to be lazy and just keep plodding along. But, if you are willing to work and have brains, the sky is the limit. Find mentors, go to events where leaders speak, be active. "

"In a worldwide company that's predominately staffed by males it's a tough race to win as far as promotions and recognition go. I work at one of the largest Lockheed campuses in the US so it's easy to get lost in the crowd if you're trying to make a name for yourself. Hundreds of people apply to each job requisition and the only way to move up is by who you know and not what you know."

"Lockheed Martin does not know how to recruit in software to begin with and hasn't figured out that it should try to recruit women specifically. Thus there are not many of us around. So the guys are not always aware of things that are problems, like "squatting in people's offices to pump is not a good solution" and may need more explaining than you would expect a human being to need. You will need to be assertive to get your needs met.
For compensation, I can't be sure it's gendered, but I know that I've never in 9 years had a performance review that correlated with my actual performance. They have a lot of process to make it fair, but that means that they change your performance ratings to help people "due" for promotions get them and so on. They also have a formula to figure out pay raises based on performance. I was being severely underpaid and only got a raise to something more appropriate when I tried to be the last person to quit."

"In my experience the company is largely male dominated with an aging workforce. Women typically serve in HR, Finance and Administration roles. However, the company welcomes women to Engineering fields and there are opportunities for promotion."

"I worked on a large software system for nearly 4 years. There were a few other female software engineers but most women were in system engineering or management roles. I was often the only female on a team.
With that said, my managers and teammates were very respectful and treated me like an equal, if anything they were almost too worried about making me feel excluded!"

"I've worked here for 5 years and while there is other women working there, our opinions are usually discarded. The worst part is that there is absolutely NO training on how to do your job. Everyone is doing the same tasks in different ways and there is no continuity. The only way to get ahead in this company is the literally suck up to your boss. Otherwise, you won't get noticed at all. It's a bad company for anyone to work for."